The President of the Republic is monitoring the state of health of the soldier hospitalized in Lisbon, the Palacio de Belém announced today in a note in which he added that this Commando trainee has already been transplanted.
“The President of the Republic has been monitoring, through the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, the state of health of the Comandos soldier hospitalized at the Curry Cabral Hospital. He takes note of the important fact that the transplant was carried out this morning, and makes renewed wishes for the best, ”announced the Presidency of the Republic.
The note was published on the official website of the Presidency after the Army General Staff ordered on Saturday the interruption of Command Course 138 until the investigation process of that training is determined, in which two soldiers were hospitalized, one He had to undergo a liver transplant. .
“By determination of the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, the activities of the 138th Command Course are interrupted, until the Investigation Process and the Extraordinary Technical Inspection that proves the military instruction action are concluded,” announced the Head of the General Staff of the Army. Army. The army.
The soldier who is hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit of the Curry Cabral Hospital, “remains in a stable situation, but with presumed liver failure”, for which “the medical decision was made to proceed with a liver transplant, so that when they are technical. and the logistical conditions have been met,” reported the same note on Saturday.
On Thursday, the Army announced that two soldiers from the 138 Commando Course were hospitalized on Wednesday after suffering cardiorespiratory arrest, also revealing that an investigation process had been opened.
According to the Army, during the afternoon of Wednesday, a soldier who was attending this commando course “felt bad” during a “five kilometer march” in the Serra da Carregueira Commando Regiment, in the district of Lisbon.
The soldier was “assisted promptly” by two rescuers and an ambulance that accompanied this activity and sent to the Command Regiment Health Unit.
“After the evaluation, an alteration in the state of consciousness was detected, for which resuscitation maneuvers were carried out. […]The INEM transferred the soldier to the São Francisco Xavier Hospital, where he is hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit, under surveillance, sedated and ventilated, with a stable hemodynamic profile.
Later, at dinner time, another soldier felt unwell and was referred to the regimental health unit.
After being admitted to the health unit for observation, “he suffered a sudden interruption of cardiac and respiratory functions”, but was revived by the medical team on site.
However, he was finally transferred to the Amadora-Sintra Hospital, “due to the need for further evaluation”, and was “under observation” and in “stable clinical condition”.
The remaining 44 interns in the course were evaluated by a health team, the Army announced the opening of an urgent investigation process and, meanwhile, “a substantial lightening of the physical load was determined and, if necessary, not to carry it out.” some sessions.
This branch of the Armed Forces also opted for “permanent clinical observation of interns.”
Source: Observadora
